The Hartford Correlations

HSMCX Fund  USD 19.65  0.09  0.46%   
The current 90-days correlation between Hartford Small and Gabelli Global Financial is 0.76 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of The Hartford is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

The Hartford Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between The Hartford Small and DJI is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding The Hartford Small and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in The Hartford Small. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in main economic indicators.

Moving together with The Mutual Fund

  0.89HGOFX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.89HGOIX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.89HGORX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.89HGOSX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.89HGOTX Hartford Growth OppoPairCorr
  0.89HGOVX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.89HGOYX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.89HGOAX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.89HGOCX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.93HIACX Hartford Capital AppPairCorr
  0.9HIADX Hartford Dividend AndPairCorr
  0.92HIAGX Hartford DisciplinedPairCorr
  1.0HIASX Hartford Small PanyPairCorr
  0.93HIBCX Hartford Capital AppPairCorr
  0.97HIMCX Hartford Midcap HlsPairCorr

Moving against The Mutual Fund

  0.57HIABX Hartford Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.62HIAHX Hartford Healthcare HlsPairCorr
  0.52HILCX Hartford InternationalPairCorr
  0.51HILAX Hartford InternationalPairCorr
  0.51HILRX Hartford InternationalPairCorr
  0.51HILSX Hartford InternationalPairCorr
  0.51HILYX Hartford InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between The Mutual Fund performing well and The Hartford Mutual Fund doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze The Hartford's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.